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Evening Reading – April 28, 2020

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Time Stamp: April 29, 2020 8:16 AM - Modified On: April 29, 2020 - Published By:
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Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading Let's close out our day of posting. Please take a look. In case you missed it at Shacknews: [embedded content] The Valve Index jumped 200% on news that The Pentagon released footage of UFOs, increasing hopes that Half-Life 3 may also be real.https://t.co/6OxwIeZbfZ — TheValveIndex (@TheValveIndex) April 29, 2020 And now some random stuff from the Internet... The food supply chain is being strained by the pandemic “The food supply chain is breaking,” Tyson Foods warns in a full page ad in NYT

Half-Life: Alyx mod lets you play without a VR headset

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Time Stamp: April 13, 2020 8:30 PM - Modified On: April 13, 2020 - Published By:
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If you've been wanting to play Half-Life: Alyx but don't have a VR headset to enjoy it, now's your chance to try it outside of the confines virtual reality requires. Wish you could play Half-Life: Alyx, but don't have any sort of VR headset? An ambitious modder has ensured that you can do just that, thanks to a new release that lets you run the game without the need for any sort of virtual reality control. What does the mod do? Basically exactly what you think it does. It turns

Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Valorant – GS After Dark #36

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Time Stamp: April 10, 2020 9:01 AM - Modified On: April 10, 2020 - Published By:
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TIMESTAMPS:00:00:11 - Introduction00:00:51 - Persona 5 Royal00:06:04 - Valorant Beta00:18:46 - Jake's Final Thoughts On Half-Life: Alyx00:24:59 - Resident Evil 3 Remake00:29:15 - Last Of Us Part 2 Delayed00:35:23 - PlayStation 5 Controller00:44:47 - Final Fantasy VII Remake Review Discussion01:14:34 - Listener Questions01:30:19 - Outro Source: https://www.gamespot.com/videos/final-fantasy-7-remake-and-valorant-gs-after-dark-/2300-6452646/

Birds of Prey Director Has A Great Idea For A Sequel

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 1:35 AM - Modified On: April 6, 2020 - Published By:
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Birds of Prey has received an early digital release due to the COVID-19 pandemic closing cinemas around the world, and as new viewers discover it, director Cathy Yan is looking to the future. Although a Birds of Prey follow-up or sequel has not been confirmed as of yet, Yan says that she knows where she'd like to take the sequel.Speaking to The Wrap, Yan said that if she was given the opportunity to work on another Birds of Prey film, it would focus on Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and Poison

Apex Legends Developers Say Crossplay Is “Important”, But It’s Not Confirmed Yet

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 12:59 AM - Modified On: April 6, 2020 - Published By:
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Apex Legends is one of the biggest and best battle royale games out there, but it's missing what many consider an important or essential feature--console crossplay, which would allow PS4 and Xbox One players to team up or fight against each other. In a new interview with Game Informer magazine (as relayed by GameSpot sister site Comicbook.com), general manager Dusty Welch and director Chad Grenier have talked about wanting to include this feature.Welch told the magazine that they saw how crossplay is now "something that is kind of expected in

Disney Execs Are Unhappy With COVID-19 Pay Cut Terms – Report

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 12:27 AM - Modified On: April 6, 2020 - Published By:
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Disney is asking its VPs, senior VPs, and executive VPs to take paycuts as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis grinds production to a halt--some of them are not happy about it, according to The Hollywood Reporter sources.The pay cuts range from 20 to 30 percent and are effective immediately. Some of those affected have complained that, while the contracts refer to the cuts as "temporary", they have been given no firm end date. Employees were also given only two days to sign them. The cuts are voluntary in name, but refusing

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord Is Patching Daily To Fix Crash Issues

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 10:14 PM - Modified On: April 5, 2020 - Published By:
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Since releasing into Early Access on March 30, Steam-favorite Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has had a number of patches. These have largely been aimed at fixing game-crashing bugs, but also updating with small quality-of-life fixes.Since the April 1 patch, Bannerlord has received three new patches and a hotfix. Patch 1.0.3 was small, with just one fix: "Fixed a critical issue that corrupted save files after a certain number of saves."April 3’s patch was more extensive, with 17 different causes of game crashes being identified and patched. Patch 1.0.4 also

E3 2021 Dates Set, But Expect A “Reimagined” Show

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 9:57 PM - Modified On: April 5, 2020 - Published By:
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E3 2021 has locked in dates, and will happen from June 15 to 17, 2021. Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that the ESA has set these dates following the cancellation of E3 2020, and that they've said that the event will be "reimagined."What exactly this means isn't yet clear, and it will likely be some time before we know exactly what E3 2021 will look like.E3 2021 might have needed to look different even if COVID-19 hadn't forced the cancellation of this year's showcase--2020 was set to be the second year of

Modern Warfare Season 3 Leak Reveals New Map

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 8:57 PM - Modified On: April 5, 2020 - Published By:
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's Season 3 update is coming very soon, but ahead of that, some of the first details about what's included in the release have leaked ahead of schedule.Data-miners claim to have found references to a new map called "Village" that will be included in the Season 3 update. According to the leak, which shows the map from a top-down view this is a brand-new map, not a remake of the Village map from 2011's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.Another leaked image, which you can see

The Outer Worlds Switch Port Dev Wants To Bring PS5 And Xbox Series X Games To Nintendo’s Console

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 8:33 PM - Modified On: April 5, 2020 - Published By:
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The Switch has played host to some surprising ports of PS4 and Xbox One games over the years, including The Witcher 3 and Doom, but with the next generation of consoles on the horizon, some fans are wondering whether titles designed for PS5 and Xbox Series X will also get Switch releases. But one developer that has built a reputation as a good Switch port studio is encouraging game studios to not leave the Switch behind.Virtuos Studios has handled some of the biggest ports on Nintendo Switch, including Dark Souls